Black salts
Black″ salts′ (�). Crude potash. De Colange.
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Black snake
{ Black″ snake′ (snāk) orBlack″snake }, n.(Zoöl.) A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes ...
Black Spanish
Black Spanish. One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face. The...
Black vomit
Black″ vom″it (�). (Med.) A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged; — one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever.
Black wash
{ Black″ wash′ (�) orBlack″wash }, n. 1. (Med.) A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.2. A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny.To ...
Black-a-vised
Black″–a–vised′ (�), a. Dark-visaged; swart.
Black-browed
Black″–browed′ (blăk″broud′), a. Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding. Shak. Dryden.
Black-eyed
Black″–eyed′ (�), a. Having black eyes. Dryden.
Black-eyed Susan
Black″–eyed′ Su″san. (Bot.) (a) The coneflower, or yellow daisy (Rudbeckia hirta). (b) The bladder ketmie.
Black-faced
Black″–faced′ (�), a. Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
Black-hearted
Black″–heart′ed, a. Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
Black-jack
Black″–jack′, n. 1. (Min.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; — called also false galena. See Blende.2. Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, s...
Black-letter
Black″–let′ter, a. 1. Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book.2. Given to the study of books in black letter; that is, of old books; out of dat...
Black-mouthed
Black″–mouthed′ (�), a. Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.
Blackamoor
Black″a‐moor (�), n. [Black + Moor.] A negro or negress. Shak.
Blackball
Black″ball′ (�), n. 1. A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.2. A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in ...
Blackball (2)
Black″ball′, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blackballed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Blackballing.] 1. To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting ...
Blackband
Black″band′ (�), n.(Min.) An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter; — valuable as an iron ore.
Blackberry
Black″ber‐ry (blăk″bĕr‐ry̆), n. [OE. blakberye, AS. blæcberie; blæc black + berie berry.] The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the plant itself. Rubus fruticos...
Blackbird
Black″bird (blăk″bẽrd), n.(Zoöl.) In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as t...
Blackbird (2)
Black″bird, n. 1. Among slavers and pirates, a negro or Polynesian.2. A native of any of the islands near Queensland; — called also Kanaka.
Blackbirder
Black″bird‐er (?), n. A slave ship; a slaver. F. T. Bullen.
Blackbirding
Black″bird‐ing, n. 1. The kidnaping of negroes or Polynesians to be sold as slaves.2. The act or practice of collecting natives of the islands near Queensland for service on the...
Blackboard
Black″board′ (–bōrd′), n. A broad board painted black, or any black surface on which writing, drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can be done with chalk or crayons....
Blackburnian warbler
Black‐bur″ni‐an war″bler (�). [Named from Mrs. Blackburn, an English lady.] (Zoöl.) A beautiful warbler of the United States (Dendroica Blackburniæ). The male is strongly marked...
Blackcap
Black″cap′ (–kăp′), n. 1. (Zoöl.) (a) A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale. (b) An American titmouse (Parus atricapillus); t...
Blackcoat
Black″coat′ (�), n. A clergyman; — familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat.